Apple presenting "secret" at Final Cut meeting

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Kind of related to photography, at least to those of us working in video (desertdude).

Apple is planning a "surprise presentation" for the Final Cut User groups at macWorld.

Shake replacement? Blu-Ray support? Final Cut Extreme?

We'll have to wait until Jan 16th.

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/01/02/apple_presenting_secret_at_final_cut_meet_radiohea d_on_itunes.html

[adventureduo]

hmm... we use FCP here so we'll be interested to see.

[Scott Brady]

Blu-Ray support?

Now we are talking... :)

[detailbarn]

I'm not quite sure what the secret is but it is safe to expect blu-ray support on the upcoming new macs.

[Desertdude]

:iagree:
I'm not quite sure what the secret is but it is safe to expect blu-ray support on the upcoming new macs.


:Astrologist: Apple has always been the masters of marketing. This years Macworld will not disappoint. I'll be in Cali then and I have a few invites to be at Macworld, past events have been overwhelming (read; high geek factor) to attend. ;)


According to Michael Horton of the lafcpug. (http://www.lafcpug.org)


Just to set the record straight, there is no truth to the rumor that Apple will use the SuperMeet for a product announcement. I'm one of the producers of this event.

Those that know me know I use the phrase 'Super Secret" all the time. Have for years. It's a take off on "super meet." I use it when I honestly dont know what the presenter is presenting. And in this case I honestly don't know what Apple is presenting. Whatever it is, it wont be a new product. SuperMeets are about teaching us something. The FCP team always uses these SuperMeets for that purpose. Not for product announcements.

http://www.lafcpug.org/macworld_08.html

Going to be a heck of a show I can tell you that.

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sweetness!

Fastest Mac Ever

CUPERTINO, California—January 8, 2008—Apple® today introduced the new Mac® Pro with eight processor cores and a new system architecture that delivers up to twice the performance of its predecessor*. The new Mac Pro combines two of Intel’s new 45 nanometer Quad-Core Xeon processors running up to 3.2 GHz, powerful new graphics and up to 4TB of internal storage to offer the ideal system for creative professionals, 3D digital content creators and scientists. The standard 8-core configuration starts at just $2,799.

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2008/01/08macpro.html

[adventureduo]

Damn 8 core. Funny, we still run a dually here. lol

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My 2.7 G5 is still plugging along just fine. But this new 8 core sounds sweet.

[Desertdude]

:punk03: more speed :iagree:

[Scott Brady]

WOW! $25,000 fully kitted out...

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With my company's "corporate discount" I can get that price down to $19,600. That's with no monitors though.

Didn't see any Blu-ray options. :(

Still a powerful machine.

[Robthebrit]

Its good to see the basic prices getting down towards that of a PC, there will always be a premium for a Mac even with the same hardware but its a lot better than it used to be. Any decent dual quad core PC will cost almost the same as the Max and a high end PC like like a BOXX will probably cost the same across the entire range and not be significantly different.

Rob

[Desertdude]

My buddy just sent me this message;


I just spent $23,000.00 at the Apple Store, can I borrow $4.00 so I can buy a usb cable?